The New York Time recently wrote about one of our faves, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), the pioneering century naturalist and scientific illustrator.
So I thought I’d share some images from Merian’s De Europischen Insecten (1730) and let everyone know that @biodivlibrary has made her works available for anyone, including copies from the Smithsonian Libraries. The article focuses on Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium ([1705]) in particular, and is not to be missed.


















